| Cochoas | |
|---|---|
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| Green cochoa(Cochoa viridis) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Cochoa Hodgson, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Cochoa purpurea[1] Hodgson, 1836 | |
| Species | |
Thecochoas (fromcocho,Nepali forCochoa purpurea)[2] are medium-sized frugivorous, insectivorous and molluscivorousbirds in the genusCochoa. Their bright contrasting plumage patterns, sexual dimorphism and feeding habits made their systematic position difficult to ascertain in early times,Richard Bowdler Sharpe placed them with thePrionopidae in 1879 while many considered them as some kind of aberrant thrush.[3] The genus was previously included in theOld World flycatcher family Muscicapidae butmolecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it is more closely related to thethrush family Turdidae.[4][5][6]
These are southeastAsian forest-dwelling species, often found near water.[citation needed]The genus contains the following species:[7]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Purple cochoa | Cochoa purpurea | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam |
| Green cochoa | Cochoa viridis | Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Bhutan. |
 | Sumatran cochoa | Cochoa beccarii | Indonesia. |
| Javan cochoa | Cochoa azurea | Indonesia. |
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